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ORSTHE SSOCIETY, IN BRIEF, AS 
DIRECTED FROM HEADQUARTERS 
—COMPILED BY FRANCES M. SCHUYLER 




















_~WOMAN’S AMERICAN BAPTIST 
HOME MISSION SOCIETY 
2969 VERNON AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL. 








Honorary President 
President 

First Vice-President 
Second Vice-President 
Third Vice-President 


Corresponding Secretary . 


Recording Secretary 
Vditorial Secretary 
Treasurer 


OFFICERS 





Mrs. J. N. CROUSE 

Mrs. A. G. LESTER 

Mrs. Grorce W. CoLEMAN 
Mrs. L. A. CRANDALL 

Mrs. T. S. TOMPKINS 

Mrs. KATHERINE 8S. WESTFALL 
Mrs. F. L. MINER 

Miss Frances M. ScHUYLER 
Mrs. Emma C. MARSHALL 





ORGANIZATION 


HE total number of Auxiliaries recorded in 
the Annual Report is 4,639; of this number 
3,625 are Women’s. 628 Young Women’s, 386 
Children’s organizations. 
The State Directors and _ Associational 
Directors have supervised the work of organization in the states, assisted by the gen- 
eral workers. Two states have effected state organizations during the year, these being 
union organizations for Home and Foreign Missions. 


MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES 











States Stations Mis- States Stations Mis- 

Missions and or Head-  sion- Missions and or Head- sion- 

Territories quarters aries Territories quarters aries 
General Workers...... 8 9 10 Fann sarge eager ee eae i 1 
American Populations dR ios, Goo 8 Oho 5 bx i 1 1 
in, Wests amenoe 9 11 13 Germans eee ita 14 Bi 
Mill and Mining Popu- Ttahansh ecco eae 5 12 26 
lations rears ater ite 4 4 6 JTOWSS ae il 1 1 
Jianding Place.> 0. ... 1 1 2 SVTaGDS wwe se eee 1 1 1 

















States Stations 
Missions and or Head- 
Territories quarters 
Danes and Norwegians. 6 6 
SWOECLESES ees dacstekt ta Lo 19 
Slavie Races — 
Bohémians: so. 75 0.. 1 1 
FUUBSEATIS oes. ees cn are 1 1 
Mixed Races........ 5 8 
Poles iy marc siete eta 1 1 
NCEA INS Hes mice oe ree ese 4 8 
INESTOCS eater ocaccs © 13 20 
Spanish-speaking people 
CUD aie Salt oars 1 6 
INEG RICO MWe ak oe eels 5 6 
Orbos COnmia teat 3 3 








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Chinese, Saves 2 2 2 
JaDANeSCe terre 1 1 3 
PA lackaet: See stk eras. 1 1 3 





eG a) ae eee ei tore ae NR sh toed ten a 3 204. 









SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND 


MATRONS 
Indignseee ee ees He 4. 11 
ING STOES eae rane 16 25 90 
ChInesemee ges cai coats 2, 5 14 
CUD RENE ao eae ioe 1 8 10 
IVLGxICOmMaaa Hereeionae 1 5 22 
STO Go eee eee ces Se) Ae ene nt ee aed: 147 


Total number of Missionaries, Teachers 
ANCMVLALLONS meen ie or aE eran cease er 351 









YOUNG WOMEN’S WORK 


The ideal which the Board has for the work 
among the young women has not been realized, 
but progress is being made. Many of the states 
have young women’s leaders who are now 
known as Assistant State Directors for work 
among young women and children. These leaders are in close touch with Young Women’s 
Societies and are organizing new societies wherever it is possible. In New York, Ohio and 
Michigan splendid progress has been made. The Society needs the services of the bright- 
est and best young women of the denomination to assume the task of winning their 
associates to an active interest in the needs of the world and of the home mission field 
as their specific. 


LIGHT-BEARERS 


As the building at the First Mesa is completed, the attention of the boys and girls of 
Junior age is turned to Mexico and to the needs of the children of that neglected country. 
The number of boys and girls who have received certificates as Annual Members of 
our Light Bearers is 70; Life Members, 1. These boys and girls have contributed $143.87 
this year. 
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BABY BAND 


The enrollment in Baby Band is 3,274, includ- 
in 125 Life Members, and the contributions 
assist in the support of the kindergartens con- 
ducted by the Society. 


PUBLICATIONS 


“Tidings”’ has been merged into Missions, the magazine of the denomination, having 
a circulation of over 60,000. Millions of pages of literature have been issued by the 
Society during the year. This does not include several thousands of pages purchased 
from other organizations. 

Mite boxes and envelopes for systematic giving have, also, been sent out in large 
numbers. 





FINANCIAL 


The budget for the year 1912-1913 called for $165,225 from Women’s Societies, 
Young Women’s Societies and Sunday Schools; this, however, was reduced by the State 
Apportionment Committees to $163,067.00; in addition to this amount $49,967.00 were 





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needed to raise the entire budget for the year. 
The fiscal year closing March 31, 1913, shows 
the total receipts to be $215,058.98. This with 
the $500.00 on deposit in the office of the New 
England District and cash on hand April 1, 
1912, of $83.20, make the total amount avail- 

able during the year, $215,642.17. The total disbursements were $201,464.37, on deposit 
in New England office $500.00, leaving a cash balance April 1, 1913, of $13,677.80. 


In analyzing these receipts we feel we have cause to be very grateful for the progress 
made. The total receipts from Women’s Societies, Young Women’s Societies and Sunday 
Schools show an increase of $19,000 over receipts from the same sources last year, or more 
than 10% of the amount reasonably expected from such sources, indicating a growth of 
interest in local churches. The receipts from legacies are considerably less than the 
preceding year, making it apparent that the estimated amount placed in the budget from 
legacies should be very conservative. The Board has been extremely careful to keep well 
within the budget appropriations, in order to prevent a deficit at the close of the year. 

















MISSIONARY FIELDS 


I. Indian.—Field work among the Indians 
has been continued in Arizona, California, 
Nevada and Oklahoma by eleven missionaries. 
In the fall two new workers were sent to 
Nevada, one to Reno and one to Fallon. The new building at Fallon is completed and the 
number of Indians attending the meetings is increasing. A new missionary has been 
sent to the First Mesa to be associated with Miss Abigail Johnson, and another to 
Saddle Mountain to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Topping. Two mis- 
sionaries were appointed to the large field among the Sac and Fox Indians in Oklahoma. 

The work among the Indians in Nevada and California has been yielding fruitage and 
justifies our effort to reach these people with the Gospel. 

The missionaries working among the Monos in the hills of California have had the 
supreme happiness of seeing a large number baptized and a church organized as a result 
of their labors of less than five years. 

Work among the Crows in Montana has been strengthened by the appointment of a 
missionary and teacher to Wyola, and a missionary and teacher to Lodge Grass. 





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Our Orphanage in Alaska is distinctively a 
work among neglected boys and girls of that 
territory, with the hope of winning them for 
Christ and training them to be good home- 
makers and citizens. 

II. Foreign Populations.—With the in- 
creasing tide of immigration at our Eastern and Western gateways comes the increased 
responsibility. ‘The work among the Germans and Scandinavians is of about equal im- 
portance in extent and number of missionaries. The responsibility of the denomina- 
tion relative to the foreigner in our country increases more rapidly than has been possi- 
ble to enlarge the number of fields and missionaries. Another difficulty is the great 
lack of trained women who can speak to these people in their own language. Again, 
the rapidity with which the foreigners, and especially Italians, are moving across the 
country, and forming settlements and large communities in the Middle States, Middle 
West and Pacific Coast States makes it necessary to consider establishing work in 
many centers. New missionaries have been sent to work among the Italians at 
Barre, Vt., and Lawrence, Mass., also Portland, Oregon; and additional workers among 
the Poles in Milwaukee, Wis., the Hungarians at West Pullman, III., also the foreign popu- 


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lation in Detroit, Mich. Four new mission- 
aries have been sent to labor among the Scan- 
dinavians and one among the Germans. 

III. Negroes.— The sympathetic service 
of the missionaries among the negroes has re- 
sulted in leading many of these people out 
from darkness into the clear light of the Gospel. 

Changes in conditions and in centers of population have led to an increasing demand 
for missionaries in the larger cities and in connection with some of the growing churches. 

The interest in and the influence of the Fireside School work, founded by our veteran 
missionary, Miss Joanna P. Moore, has extended over the entire Southland. In addition 
to the missionaries many women have given volunteer service to increase the use and 
study of the Bible in the homes. The field work among the Negroes continues to reach 
homes and lives, uplifting and brightening many who would otherwise be untouched by 
the Gospel message. Having touched these lives the further duty and privilege of the 
missionary is that of constant watchcare, to develop and strengthen the life into Christian 
character. It is not enough to lead them out into the light, they need to be so taught that 
they can stand firm in the new life in spite of the temptations which come to them to go 
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IV. Spanish-Speaking.—The revolution 
and political changes in Mexico have made 
the work in that country during the year most 
dificult. None of our American teachers or 
missionaries have left their fields because of 
these troubles but the work has suffered. The 
needs, however, are increasing, but no new work can be considered until the conditions 
in Mexico are more favorable than at present. 

Splendid work is being done by our representatives in Cuba and Porto Rico, as well as 
among the Spanish-speaking peoples in Arizona and Southern California. One of our 
missionaries has been making investigations in San Diego relative to opening a station 
there among the Mexicans. 

V. Orientals.— New China is calling across the Pacific and many of the Chinese 
are returning to their native land because of the changing conditions there. However, 
this ought to be a greater cause for diligence in pressing home the Gospel message and 
this is the constant aim of the missionaries working among these peoples. The restrictions 
regarding Japanese immigration have lessened the number of new arrivals from Japan; 
nevertheless, there is more work than can be cared for by the present workers, and many 
groups which are unreached. : 

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VI. Mill and Mining Populations.— 
The conditions in many of the mill and min- 
ing towns are such that our missionaries find 
a large and growing field of activity. Not- 
withstanding the great extent of the field and 
the neglected women and children, no new 
missionaries have been sent to them. While not so classified, many of the missionaries 
among the foreign populations touch them in the mines and mills, in many localities. 


VII. American Populations in the West.—For many years our Society has 
tried to hold up the banner of the cross in Utah, the stronghold of that dreadful blot on 
the escutcheon of our country—Mormonism. ‘There have been victories; there have been 
{ . defeats; we rejoice in the victories and know that the all-wise Father can make even 
defeat abound to His glory. 

The great needy western states are calling to us for missionaries to help meet the new 
settlers as they establish their homes within their borders — to rally these people in the 
new land around the Sunday School and church — that these new settlements may be from 
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EDUCATIONAL WORK 

The educational work of our Society is con- 
ducted in the schools among the Negroes, 
Indians, Orientals and Spanish-speaking peoples. 
In many instances the quickest way of reaching 
the children and the homes is through the 
schools, and among some of these nationalities it is the only way of gaining entrance 
into the lives of the people, and of reaching them with the Gospel message. 


Negroes 


The teachers and matrons of our Society are found in sixteen states and twenty-five 
different schools in the Southland. The type of school varies as the location and need 
demands, from the large professional schools, and the colleges, to the preparatory school, 
industrial training school, and the school for the younger boys and girls. 

Orientals.— In San Francisco, Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, the 
Society conducts schools for Chinese boys and girls. The San Francisco school has a 
kindergarten, classes for young boys and girls and for older girls. The kindergarten is so 
crowded that the teacher and assistant have difficulty in caring for all who come. Some 


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of the older children are being attracted by the 
public school and this makes it important that 
the mission school should be kept up to the 
graded system, as through the children the con- 
tact with home is established and parents are 
attracted to the services at the Mission. 

An excellent primary school is being conducted in Oakland. The school and mission 
at Portland have taken on new life recently. 


Spanish-Speaking Peoples 


Reports which come from Cuba indicate a successful year in the elementary schools and 
in the girls’ department in the college at El Cristo. Schools opening with a small enrollment 
increase so rapidly that native assistants are soon required to relieve the American teacher. 
In every instance the schools are most closely allied to the church or mission. All mission 
work in Mexico has been conducted under difficulties because of the political disturbances, 
and in Mexico City the school was closed in February, just as the Society was making plans 
to move into a larger building and to start the much needed normal and boarding depart- 
ment. ‘These plans will be developed as soon as conditions warrant, as it is essential for 


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the future success of our work in Mexico that 
we train our Christian young women to be- 
come teachers and missionaries. 


Indians 






At Bacone College two matrons and at the 
Murrow Indian Orphanage at Bacone two teachers and two matrons are caring for 
the welfare of the Indian boys and girls in those schools, and their influence has had 
much to do with the intellectual and spiritual development of the students. At Lodge 
Grass and at Wyola, Montana, the educational and industrial work among the Crow 
Indians is in charge of a teacher and matron at each station. 

“Who stands back of this noble work? The Woman’s American Baptist Home Mis- 
sion Society. Who are the women laboring in these needy fields? The missionaries of the 
society. These Christian women are showing forth the gospel of Christ, the power of God 
unto salvation. The Christian women have adopted the Master’s methods — they are 
in touch with the Master’s motives. There is nothing you cannot do. The dynamic of 
Christian religion is a power to-day. When you can tell how much power it took to take a 
dead man out of Joseph’s tomb and put him in the position of business manager of the 












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material and spiritual universe, then you can 
tell how much power of Christ there is in the 
life of the individual believer. The mightiest 
masterpiece is the enthronement of Christ in 
the individual.” (Dr. J. A. Francis in address, 
Northern Baptist Convention, Philadelphia, 
June, 1911.) 


THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL 


My dear Girls:—In making this precious investment of your one treasure, your 
life, notice the command, “‘Go ye into all the world,” and ask yourself the question, 
‘““Where shall I ‘witness’??? The answer may send you to foreign fields, or your ap- 
pointed sphere may be in distant, destitute places in our own country—among Indiaris, 
Chinese, Mormons, Negroes, or Mexicans — and it may be the destitute places over 
against your own door. Only be sure and not ask yourself the question, “* Why ?”’ 
but “ Why not?” 

Not all young women who hear this appeal are willing to sacrifice the ease of home, 
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a missionary; but are all who are willing, 
“thoroughly furnished”’ for such service ? 

When a young woman hears a voice calling 
her to enter the ranks of Christian workers, 
where can she go to receive needed training? 

The Baptist Missionary Training School is 
an institution under the auspices of the Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission 
Society, where young women are prepared for all lines of 
Christian work, whether on the home or foreign field, or as a 
city, church, or Sunday-school missionary. It is located at 
2969 Vernon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Write the principal, 
Mrs. A. E. Reynolds, for information regarding the school, and 
if in Chicago call at headquarters and meet the matron, Miss 
Ada F. Morgan, and look over our beautiful commodious 


building. 
THE NEEDS OF AMERICAN MISSIONS 


A STUDENT’S ROOM They are many and great. It is appalling to think that 





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in this broad land that we call Christian 
America, fifty-eight millions are unchurched. 
Can that be true? This fact and the fact that 
over a million foreigners come to our country in 
one year should rouse us to do more Home 
Mission work, to give more for American 
Missions. We must vastly enlarge our foreign mission work in the home land. 

The United States Government census shows that out of 
our ninety million inhabitants, about fifty-eight million are 
churchless, being identified with neither Catholic nor Protest- 
ant church of any sort. There is a great opportunity for 
mission work at our very door that must not be neglected. 

Many parts of this country are growing at a rapid rate. 
Some cities increased over two hundred per cent in the last 
decade, and some whole states increased over one hundred per 
cent in population. In all these sections new churches and | 
Bible schools must be planted. 

Scripturally, logically, geographically, and seasonably, the DOMESTIC SCIENCE ROOM 






























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very first obligation of every Church is to the 
Home field. ‘“‘Ye shall be my Witnesses both 
in Jerusalem, and throughout Judea, Samaria, 
and unto the uttermost.” To the outreaching 
arm of the Church to “‘the uttermost part,” 
beginning from Jerusalem, the adjacent county 
and state present the first opportunities. The enlargement of our work in the several 
states is fundamental to every other benevolent and Missionary enterprise. If our 
great army of Missionaries advancing against the enemy has no adequate base of sup- 
plies upon which to depend for recruits and funds, it is marching to ultimate defeat. 

If a city of a million inhabitants were transplanted from Europe to America, the Church 
would at once accept it as her special task to evangelize it and take it for Christ, not alone 
to save the city, but to save the nation. During 1910, 1,041,570 immigrants landed on 
our shores. A million opportunities to the Church, a million souls to be won for Christ, a 
million blessings or a million curses to the nation, to be determined by the answer the 
Church gives to their coming! 

That the immigrants settle in the city is evidenced by the following figures: New York 
City’s population is composed of 484,193 Russians, 340,770 Italians, 278,137 Germans, 


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252,672 Irish, and others too numerous to men- 
tion. Here we find also over 1,000,000 Jews 
and 1,413,775 Catholics. The mere statement 
of the above fact suggests the problems that 
force themselves upon the Church. This we 
must face, not only for America’s sake, but for 
the world’s sake. 


Shall we withhold from a full supply ? 

Shall we not heed that others die? 

Shall we not give of means and mind 

The hungry to feed, the lost to find? 

A call is now sounding for you and for me, 
Not only from nations far over the sea, 

But ut comes from the lands that lie at our feet, 
It comes from the sinful we pass on the street, 
It comes from the homes of want and of woe, 
It comes to our ears — wherever we go. 

O hear! The Master is calling. 


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